Diagnostic Laboratory Services: compare the models.
Look at the operating differences before comparing financial projections.
Back to all diagnostic laboratory services models| Model | Earns from | Capacity constraints | Key distinction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collection Center with External Laboratory | Customer test order or collection service | Collection slots, sample dispatch and external laboratory availability | Collection and customer service are retained; analytical production is purchased from an external laboratory. |
| Owned Analytical Laboratory | Reportable test or contracted panel | Preparation, instruments, qualified review and operating schedule | Owning analytical processing creates instrument and quality-control costs absent from collection-only outlets. |
| Mobile Collection with External Testing | Collection visit and ordered test package | Qualified mobile staff, travel schedule and specimen logistics | Collection is mobile while analysis remains an external purchased service. |
| Employer-Site Collection and External Testing | Participant order or onsite session | Onsite stations, staffing, participant schedule and external lab capacity | Institutional group scheduling changes collection throughput and the payer without adding an owned lab. |
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Use consistent periods, geographic assumptions, owner labor treatment and financing assumptions. These operating descriptions are not a profitability ranking.
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